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John Hodgman's Reading List

The author of, most recently, "Vacationland," doesn't like to talk about writing with other writers. "We mostly talk about TV."

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By the Book: John Hodgman (2017)

NYT By the Book column (2017-11-30).

Source: www.nytimes.com

We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates · Buy on Amazon
"I don't think anyone who more thoughtfully and fearlessly reminds us that America was never really great for everyone, and that the only way forward is forward."
Cujo
Stephen King · Buy on Amazon
"it is one of the most achingly sad and subtly constructed novels I've read."
The Green Ripper
John D. MacDonald · Buy on Amazon
"McGee is a likeable, noble, sardonic houseboat-dwelling dilettante in all his books, but the horror he endures (and by necessity, causes) in this one was as powerful as any 'literary' novel I've read."
What Happened
Hillary Clinton · Buy on Amazon
"In 'What Happened,' Hillary Clinton has an aside in which she describes her addiction to Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers... Man. That is literary deadpan at its finest and my first big cathartic laugh almost since election night."
Cover of The Road
The Road
Cormac McCarthy · 2006 · Buy on Amazon
"P.S. 'The Road' is an amazing book!"
Cover of The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin · Buy on Amazon
"I would love to see certain worlds come to life, like the perilous, earthquake-ridden Earth of N. K. Jemisin's 'The Fifth Season.'"
Cover of The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon · Buy on Amazon
"I would love to see certain worlds come to life, like... the alt-universe Jewish home state of Alaska in Michael Chabon's 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union.'"
Cover of Ficciones
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges · 1944 · Buy on Amazon
"once I discovered Borges, I was changed. Even though Barthes told us the author was dead (and Borges literally was), I loved him. He wrote short. He wrote serious. But he also wrote funny."

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